The German government has authorized Ukraine to use German-supplied weapons against military targets in Russia, German government spokesman Steffen Hebestreit announced on Friday in Berlin. Ukraine has pressed supporters in recent weeks for permission to use weapons supplied by the West to strike Russian forces on Russian territory. Several other countries, including the United States, have recently made similar moves to give Ukraine more leeway in its use of Western-supplied weapons. Many Western countries put conditions on military aid packages that limited Ukraine to use those weapons only …